As the ongoing crime wave in Ecuador shows no signs of abating, Annette Idler, Associate Professor in Global Security and Director of the Minerva Global Security Programme, says the problem cannot be solved by Ecuador alone; there needs to be a regional approach with investment in development, sustainability and building capacity across multiple countries.

Thomas Elston's 'one-shot-bias' concept is referenced to demonstrate how ambitious UK Ministers tend to overlook everyday management challenges in pursuit of radical new reforms, resulting in a misallocation of civil servants' time.

Heywood Fellow Jonathan Black, along with Matt Clifford, chief executive of Entrepreneur First, will lead efforts to bring together AI leaders, companies and experts from across the world for the first international summit on the responsible deployment of AI, hosted by the UK. 

Paul Collier is quoted on the wave of coups throughout the Sahel region of Africa.

Ciaran Martin is quoted proposing that governments should break down and tackle the potential risks of AI individually instead of sowing the seeds of panic.

Referencing the Government Outcomes Lab paper 'Turnaround Cities: Spanish Case Study Insights from the Basque Country & Bilbao’, this op-ed proposes lessons for economic development that Northern Ireland could learn from the Basque Country.

(Watch from 15:05) Tom Hale discusses the key issues that should be covered as US Special Envoy on Climate John Kerry arrives in China to restart stalled climate talks.

Emily Jones writes for the Times Literary Supplement (subscription required) on the battle between executive and parliament for the ownership of Brexit.

Peter Kemp says tax increases were meant to help first-time buyers better compete with landlords but that home ownership has not risen by that much (starts at 10:20).

Dapo Akande on Putin – or Russia – being legally responsible for the crimes of the Wagner group.

In response to the FT article 'The green transition won’t happen without financing for developing countries', Paul Collier argues that aid agencies must foot the bill for climate adaptation in low-income countries, leaving the mitigation agenda to the private sector.